[ALBSA-Info] Political killings in Kosova/Kosovo Mach-June 1999 by American Bar Association (11 October 2000)

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>Wednesday October 11, 6:35 pm Eastern Time
>
>Press Release
>
>SOURCE: American Bar Association
>
>CEELI, American Association for the Advancement of Science Report
>Documents Killing of 10,500 Kosovar Albanians During the Conflict in
>Kosovo
>
>CHICAGO, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Bar Association Central
>and East European Law Initiative and the American Association for the
>Advancement of Science issued a report today documenting that
>approximately 10,500 Kosovar Albanians were killed from March to June
>1999, and that the pattern of killings supports the argument that there
>was a coordinated effort targeting ethnic Albanians during the conflict
>in Kosovo.
>      The report, entitled Political Killings in Kosova/Kosovo,
>March-June 1999, uses statistical techniques to address two
>controversial questions regarding the events in Kosovo last summer: 1)
>the number of ethnic Albanians killed in Kosovo; and 2) whether those
>fatalities were inadvertent casualties of the conflict between Serbian
>forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army, or the targets of a campaign of
>systematic ethnic cleansing.
>      The report represents only the views of the authors. It has not
>been presented to the ABA's policy-making House of Delegates, and does
>not represent the views of the American Bar Association.
>      The study applies established statistical methods to witness
>testimonies to estimate the total number of Kosovar Albanians killed. In
>addition, the study builds upon previous research conducted by the
>American Association for the Advancement of Science to conclude that the
>patterns of killings are consistent with the hypothesis that the
>killings were a result of a coordinated effort targeted at ethnic
>Albanians.
>      The Central and East European Law Initiative interviewed many of
>the refugees of the conflict between April and October of last year and
>collected much of the raw data that was used for the statistical
>analysis by AAAS.
>      Other non-governmental organizations participating in the study
>were the Physicians for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, and The Center
>for Peace Through Justice.
>      The report makes special note of the fact that five human rights
>non-governmental organizations, operating under different mandates,
>shared their information and technical expertise in this cooperative
>effort, and concludes that such inter-organizational technical
>cooperation is a promising development.
>      The report adds, ``The results detailed herein demonstrate the
>utility of pooling information for its own sake. ABA/CEELI and AAAS hope
>that this study spurs additional scientific investigation of civilian
>suffering during the conflict between Yugoslavia and NATO in 1999 ...
>ABA/CEELI and AAAS invite like-minded non-governmental organizations to
>join them in this ongoing initiative.''
>      The full text of the report can be accessed on the Internet at
>http://hrdata.aaas.org/kosovo/pk.
>      CEELI is a public service project of the American Bar Association
>designed to advance the rule of law in the world by supporting legal
>reform in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
>      The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional
>membership association in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the
>ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education,
>information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in
>their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.
>
>SOURCE: American Bar Association
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>http://hrdata.aaas.org/kosovo/pk/
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>Political killings in Kosova/Kosovo
>Mach-June 1999
>
>This report is dedicated to the Kosovar people. Without their
>willingness to report the very personal tragedies that they experienced,
>we would not have been able to provide this systematic documentation of
>these events.
>
>PDF Version     http://hrdata.aaas.org/kosovo/pk/politicalkillings.pdf
>
>Copyright © 2000
>American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative
>

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